I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the talent He has bestowed on all of us!
I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!

Again, if you have not visited these
challenge sites, they provide wonderful inspiration each week and I hope that
you have a chance to visit them and play along as well:-).

To
create this card:

Stamp the wolf image using Early Espresso
Classic ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and punch out using the 1 3/8” Circle
Punch. Punch two other circles with the
same punch from Night of Navy, overlap slightly and adhere behind the Very
Vanilla focal image to produce a small “frame”.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Labels
Collection Framelits™ and cut a piece of Early Espresso Core’dinations
cardstock and Very Vanilla cardstock.
Cut the Very Vanilla layer in half and trim off the points (this piece
will layer behind the Early Espresso layer).

Use the Big Shot™ with the Woodgrain Textured
Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss the Early Espresso die cut framelit™ (created
in the step above) and a piece of Comfort Café DSP. Lightly sand both pieces to expose the core
of the cardstock.

The Night of Navy layer was created from a
previously embossed piece (using the retired Snow Burst EF)- love those scraps!! :-)

Add the layers, the brads on the frame, the
bit of knotted Hemp and the sentiment banners to finish off the card.

If you have a
chance, stop by and see the Design Team samples along with all of the other
entries as well as the gallery at Splitcoaststampers- so much inspiration!

To create this
card:

Stamp the floral image using Chocolate Chip
Classic Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock.
Lightly watercolor the image using the Aqua Painter with Pumpkin Pie
Classic Ink and use the Color Spritzer Tool with a SU! Chocolate Chip marker to
“spritz” the image.

Ink the interior smooth side of the Vintage
Wallpaper Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder and use the Big Shot™ to emboss
two pieces of Very Vanilla cardstock (if you are using the new foam ink
pads). If using the foam ink pads, the
first embossing will be very dark and I used the lighter second pass through
the Embossing Folder (I will save the first piece for a future card :-)).

Using the Big Shot™ with the 3” Originals™
Circle Die, line up the floral image and cut out. Cut a circle using Chocolate Chip cardstock
as well, cut the Chocolate Chip circle in half and layer behind the floral
image.

With the Big Shot™ and the Apothecary
Framelits™, cut a piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock and emboss with the Square
Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.
Layer the Pumpkin Pie embossed die cut behind the focal image and place
onto the inked embossing background. Mount
the focal panel onto Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip cardstock to finish off the
layers.

Add the 15/16” Chocolate Chip Satin Bow
(retired) along with the sentiment and pearls, adhere the entire panel to the
Very Vanilla card base to finish off the card.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

What another
wonderful fall week here on the East Coast!!
After a long week at work, I finally had a chance to spend some time creating
a card for this week’s CQC159 ColourQ Challenge. If you have not had the chance, check out the
Design Team samples as well as the other entries- terrific examples of how one
set of colors can be designed in so many different ways.

There are a lot of
changes happening at my office (our company is relocating our office to a
different state) and quite a few of us will not be making the long commute each
day. This week will be the last week for
one co-worker- he is starting a new job next week and I struggled trying to
locate a masculine card in my stash for him (I need to create more masculine
cards)!!

I thought that this week's colors would be great for a masculine card so I chose to create a one to help fill in the
gaps of my card "inventory" :-).

To create this card:

Using the “D” Acrylic
Block, ink with Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock. Mask the white areas around the block stamped
image using a sticky note or cardstock and stamp the feather images within the
block image using Only Orange, Tangerine Tango and Pear Pizzazz Classic Ink.

Remove the masks and
de-static the stamped images using the Embossing Buddy®. Stamp the long feathers using Versamark™ ink
and heat emboss with Basic Black Stampin’ Emboss® Embossing Powder. Trim around
the edges cutting around the large feathers, attach the stamped sentiment below
(layered onto an XL Oval Punch from Basic Black cardstock). FYI- Originally I was
trying to create a one layer card with this technique but I did I forgot to
de-static the card when I stamped the sentiment, therefore I had to trim and
layer- see now you know all of my secrets!! :-)

Close-Up of Collage (Acrylic Block Technique)

Use the Big Shot™ to
emboss a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Lacy Brocade Textured
Impressions™ Embossing Folder and a piece of Basic Black cardstock using the Square
Lattice Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.
Ink the interior smooth edge of the Lacy Brocade Textured Impressions™
Embossing Folder with Tangerine Tango Classic Ink and emboss a piece of
Tangerine Tango Cardstock.

Cut the Whisper White
embossed piece with an Oval Framelit™ or Ovals Original™ Die and the Tangerine
Tango embossed piece along the bottom edge with the Adorning Accents Edgelits™
Die (to mirror the oval in the sentiment and along the side).

Punch a circle from
the scrap of the Tangerine Tango embossed panel using the 1 3/8” Circle Punch
and assemble all of the panels onto a Whisper White cardstock layer (I split
the Basic Black background layer for additional interest and added the strips
of embossed Basic Black from the strip left from the "split").

Monday, October 15, 2012

What a wonderful fall
week here on the East Coast!! I finally
had a chance to relax and spend some time in my craft room and decided to make
a card for this week’s CQC158 ColourQ Challenge (again, the Design Team and other entries are terrific and great sources of inspiration each week!)

Stamp the various
images from Lovely and Lacy with Tangerine Tango, More Mustard, Orchid Opulence
and Basic Black over the sponged background. Trim layer and adhere
to Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock.

Emboss a piece of
Orchid Opulence and Whisper White with the Big Shot™ and Lacy Brocade Textured
Impressions™ Embossing Folder. Layer the
strip of Whisper White over the Orchid Opulence and mount onto Basic Black.

Close-up of sponged panel :-)

Adhere the 5/8” Basic
Black Satin Ribbon bow to the focal panel, mount to the background panel using
Stampin’ Dimensionals® and add the sentiment to finish off the card.

As I mentioned in my
previous post, this card was fairly easy once I determined the design of my “quilt”- the
original paper quilt was a bit over 5” x 5” and since I cut it apart, I will be able
to make four cards from one quilt:-)

To create this card:

Punch out 4 squares
using the 1 ¼” Square Punch from the More Mustard and Green Paisley pieces of
the Spice Cake DSP and 8 squares of Very Vanilla cardstock. Fold the squares in
half and cut along the fold to create your triangles.

Using graph paper (I
used our SU! Grid Paper), apply 2-Way Glue and lay down the quilt squares. This step is pretty quick and easy once the pieces are
cut and ready to go :-)

After the pieces are
adhered to the backing sheet, I cut the sheet in half to fit into the Lacy
Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.
Emboss the panel and cut the panel again in half.

Layer the embossed quilt
pattern onto Early Espresso and attach the Very Vanilla border (I “pieced” this
border together using the Big Shot™ with the Finishing Touches Edgelit™).

Emboss a piece of Very Vanilla for the background and a scrap piece of the DSP (again with the Lacy Brocade EF). Add the bow to the quilt panel and adhere to the background layer. Add the punched sentiment and layered circle in the center to finish off the card.

Another week and time
for another ColourQ Challenge! As many
of you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and the many of the
projects from the Design Team this week's CQC157 ColourQ Challenge reflect how our thoughts turn to those
who have been impacted by this disease. Since this card is a quilt card with a lot of texture, I decided to submit this card to the Stampin’ Up! Only SUO55 TextureChallenge as well (again, both sites have wonderful inspiration :-)).

Once I created my “quilt”- the original quilt was a bit over 5” x 5” , I cut it apart and will be able to make four cards from one quilt- a “one sheet wonder” quilt, so to speak :-)

To create this card:

Punch out 4 squares
using the 1 ¼” Square Punch from Basic Grey DSP (I used paper from the Neutrals
Designer Series Pack), 4 squares of Basic Black DSP (I used retired Night and
Day DSP) and 8 squares of Whisper White cardstock. Fold the squares in
half and cut along the fold to create your triangles.

Using graph paper (I
used our SU! Grid Paper), apply 2-Way Glue and lay down the quilt squares. I just
used a modified windmill pattern – pretty quick and easy once the pieces are
cut and ready to go :-)

After the pieces are
adhered to the backing sheet, I cut the sheet in half to fit into the Lacy
Brocade Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder.
Emboss the panel and cut the panel again in half.

Layer the quilt
pattern onto Pink Pirouette and again onto Basic Black and Whisper White to finish
the focal panel.

Adhere the entire panel
onto an embossed piece of Basic Grey DSP (again embossed with the Lacy Brocade
EF and lightly sanded). Add the circle
with the Rhinestone in the center.

Stamp the butterflies
using Melon Mambo Classic Ink onto Pink Pirouette DSP and punch out with the
Elegant Butterfly Punch. Add Rhinestones
to the butterflies and adhere randomly to the card front. Adhere the Black Organdy
Ribbon bow with the Filigree Brad center (both items are retired) along with
the sentiment to finish off the card.

I have a great friend who just had unexpected gall bladder surgery last week and she loves pink, so this card will be mailed to her to let her know how that I have been praying for her full recovery :-)

Thanks for
visiting and if you stop back again in a few days, I will be sharing another quilt card with you:-) Have a
great week!

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